By Art Brooks Special to The Detroit News Published 4:01 p.m. UTC Aug 6, 2018 When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookies reported for camp, three of coach Chris Creighton's Eastern Michigan players were on the roster – two more than Alabama and Ferris State had, by the way. Pat O'Connor played last year as a defensive end and was a seventh-round pick of the Lions in 2017. Offensive lineman Cole Gardner has two seasons' experience and was a free agent, and wide receiver Sergio Bailey signed this spring as a free agent. "They are all definitely driven," Creighton said in an e-mail. " They know what hard work is and are willing to put that work in. They all have a persistent mindset in that they realize that this, too, can be a process. They all have great ability, and yet they all know that ability alone is not what is going to allow them to make it. I would throw Andrew Wylie and Darius Jackson in this same group. Obviously, I am super proud of all of them." Wylie and Jackson … [Read more...] about Three ex-Eastern Michigan players on Buccaneers talk about life in NFL
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Iraq sentences Frenchman to life imprisonment for IS membership
Frenchman Lahcen Gueboudj, 58, and a German woman whose name was given only as Nadia were sentenced separately at the Baghdad central criminal court, according to an AFP journalist. The French defendant refuted earlier statements in which he purportedly admitted to pledging allegiance to IS and undertaking training with the jihadists. “I signed confessions in Arabic without knowing what was written,” said Gueboudj, with short grey hair and stubble, wearing a brown prison uniform. “I would never have left France, if my eldest son Nabil, 25-years-old, hadn’t gone to Syria,” he said in French. “I wanted to convince him to return with us to France,” added Gueboudj. The French citizen had travelled with his wife and children to Turkey before entering Syria, telling the court he was detained by Syrian rebels and transferred to Iraq by US forces. Nadia’s mother, a German woman of Moroccan origin, was sentenced to death in … [Read more...] about Iraq sentences Frenchman to life imprisonment for IS membership
Goodbye Mrs. Garrett: How Charlotte Rae Gave ‘Life’ to TV
Reports last week of plans for a reboot of "The Facts of Life" probably shouldn't have surprised anyone, given television's growing recycling mania. Sure, it's easy to envision new faces playing young characters, from poor-little-rich-girl Blair to not-so-tough-poor-girl Jo. But the thought of anyone besides Charlotte Rae in Mrs. Garrett's kitchen is as difficult to imagine as anyone but Gary Coleman asking, “Whatch-you talkin’ about?” on "Diff'rent Strokes." In middle-age and late career, Rae found in both NBC shows ideal platforms for her seamless delivery of wisecracks and warmth. The actress, who died Sunday at age 92, rose above sometimes trite trappings to become an unlikely durable sitcom star. In 1978, the veteran actress permeated the popular culture when she vied with then-newcomer Coleman for breakout status on "Diff'rent Strokes." After a season as the Drummond Family's housekeeper, Rae spun off to "The Facts of Life," playing house mom and dietitian to … [Read more...] about Goodbye Mrs. Garrett: How Charlotte Rae Gave ‘Life’ to TV
Safaa Boular: Teen terror plotter jailed for life
PUBLISHED: 16:35 03 August 2018 | UPDATED: 09:27 06 August 2018 Sam Volpe 18-year-old Safaa Boular is Britain's youngest woman terror plotter Archant Safaa Boular, 18, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after becoming the youngest woman ever convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in the UK. Boular, was already in police custody when the all-female terror cell was exposed in a dramatic raid on Harlesden Road, Willesden. That raid saw her elder sister Rizlaine shot, and accomplice Khawla Barghouthi, arrested. Safaa Boular was given two life sentences and will serve a minimum of 13 years.Jailing her for two counts of preparing terrorist acts, Judge Mark Dennis QC told the Old Bailey: “In my view there’s insufficient evidence to say at this stage this defendant is a truly transformed individual.“Her views were deeply entrenched.“However much she may have been influenced and drawn into extremism, it appeared she knew what … [Read more...] about Safaa Boular: Teen terror plotter jailed for life
‘No sign of life’: Germany deports asylum seeker to China by mistake
Officials were due to hold a hearing with the 22-year-old Uighur, who was not named, on April 3rd over his asylum application, said regional public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). But a fax announcing the hearing from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) apparently failed to reach local authorities in Bavaria, who, in the early hours of April 3, put the Uighur man on a plane to Beijing. "We were unable to find the fax despite an intensive search," Munich authorities told BR. "We regret greatly that the deportation took place even though a valid asylum application had been made. It was never the intention of the immigration authorities of Munich to infringe on the rights of the foreigner affected by the expulsion." The BAMF would not give details on individual cases but told the broadcaster that expulsion would be "inadmissible" under such circumstances. The Uighur asylum seeker's lawyer Leo Borgmann said he has had no news from his client since the … [Read more...] about ‘No sign of life’: Germany deports asylum seeker to China by mistake